Skin tests and treatment with mixt-allergens should be carried out through:
- 1 week after tuberculin test;
- 2 weeks after the use of inactivated vaccines and antihistamine therapy;
- 4 weeks after the use of live vaccines;
- 8-12 weeks after the application of the BCG vaccine.
In order to identify contraindications, the doctor on the day of setting allergic tests and on the day of specific immunotherapy conducts an examination of the patient.
I. Specific diagnostics.
The preparation is used for setting up skin tests (scarification, intradermal and prik test).
In a patient who has an increased sensitivity to this mixst-allergen complex, an immediate blistering reaction (positive result) arises. The question of the necessity of setting skin tests with individual monoallergens, which are part of the mixt-allergen, is decided by the allergist doctor.
The setting of skin tests is carried out with a mixt-allergen containing 10000 ± 2500 PNU/ ml. In patients with a high degree of sensitization, it is possible to apply the drug at a concentration of 5000 ± 1500 PNU/ ml. If there is no reaction to the skin test at a concentration of 10,000 ± 2,500 PNU/ ml, go to its intradermal administration at a dose of 0.02 ml at a concentration of 1000 ± 250 PNU/ ml. The preparation is diluted with a diluting liquid. The diluted drug is not stored.
Scarification of allergic skin tests
Scarification allergic tests are placed on the inner surface of the forearm or on the skin of the back. At the same time with the mixt-allergen it is allowed to conduct up to 15 samples with different pollen allergens, in addition to the plant species that make up the mixed-allergen. For 2-3 days before the setting of skin tests, antihistamines should be canceled. In case of doubtful results, skin tests can be repeated two days after the local reaction to the previous samples subsided. In case of a positive result, skin tests with pollen allergens can be repeated no more than once a month.
A metal cap of vials (with mixed-allergen or test-control liquid) is rubbed with alcohol.
Remove the central cap of the cap using a sterile forceps, and pierce the rubber plug, pretreated with alcohol, with a sterile needle.
The skin of the inner surface of the forearm is wiped with 70 ° alcohol and allowed to dry.
On the disinfected skin with a syringe, drop a test mixst-allergen and a drop of test-control fluid, at a distance (30 ± 10) mm from each other. Simultaneously, put a scarification sample with a drop of 0.01% histamine solution, a positive reaction to which no less than "+" indicates the presence of sufficient skin reactivity.
Sterile scarifiers or sterile disposable injection needles separate for the mixt-allergen and for each patient, through drops of mixed-allergen, test-control fluid and histamine solution, two parallel scratches with a length of 5 mm are applied so as not to damage the blood vessels of the skin.
After 5-10 minutes, sterile cotton buds "drip" drops of test-control fluid and mixed-allergen at the scratch site (a cotton swab should be separate for each drop of allergens, histamine and test-control liquid).
If the scarification sample gives a negative reaction, and the anamnesis is suspected of increased sensitivity to plant pollen, which is part of the mixt-allergen, or if it is necessary to perform allergometric titration before the start of specific immunotherapy, put intradermal tests.
Injection of intradermal samples
Intradermal tests are performed on the inner surface of the forearm. The skin is pulled downward by moving the finger downwards, the needle is inserted at an angle of 15 ° to the surface of the skin, and it must be ensured that the needle hole is completely hidden in the epidermis, the needle must be thin with a short point.
Sterile single-use, separate for the mixed-allergen and for each patient with tuberculin-type syringes with a 0.02 ml scale scale, 0.02 ml of mixed-allergen and test-control liquid, strictly 0.012 ml,% Histamine is determined by the method of scarification. Mixt-allergen, typed in a syringe, can not be poured back into the vial.
Diagnosis with the test prick (prik-test) is carried out in accordance with the methodical recommendations M3 USSR 10-11 / 20 of March 10, 1985.
Evaluation of diagnostic skin tests
The result of the diagnostic tests is taken into account after 15-20 minutes (immediate reaction). A specific reaction to a mixt-allergen is judged only if there is no response to the test control fluid and if there is a positive sample for histamine (not less than "+").
Scheme of accounting for skin reactions (scarification, prik-test)
Evaluation of reaction | Conditional designations | The size and nature of the reaction |
Negative | - | Absence of blistering and hyperemia; |
Positive | + | Blister 2-3 mm, hyperemia; |
Positive | ++ | Blister 4-5 mm, hyperemia; |
Positive | +++ | Blister 6-10 ml, hyperemia; Blister 6-10 mm with pseudopodia, hyperemia; |
Positive | ++++ | Blister more than 10 mm, hyperemia; Blister more than 10 mm with pseudopodia, hyperemia. |
The scheme of accounting for skin reactions (intradermal)
Evaluation of reaction | Conditional designations | The size and nature of the reaction |
Negative | - | Dimensions are the same as in the control. |
Positive | + | A papule with a diameter of 4-7 mm, hyperemia. |
Positive | ++ | Papula 8-14 mm in diameter, hyperemia. |
Positive | +++ | Papula 15-20 mm in diameter with pseudopodia, hyperemia. The papule is more than 20 mm in diameter with pseudopodia and (or) |
Positive | ++++ | lymphangitis, hyperemia. |
II. Specific immunotherapy.
Specific immunotherapy is indicated in cases where it is impossible to exclude the contact of a sensitized patient with an allergen. Indications for specific immunotherapy are determined by the allergist doctor on the basis of the history, clinical manifestations of the disease, the results of skin testing, taking into account contraindications.
Immunotherapy with mixt-allergen is carried out by patients who have been sensitized to all types of pollen included in the complex preparation.
Immunotherapy starts with a dose 10 times lower than the one that caused a minimal positive reaction, with intradermal injection.
Mixt-allergen with specific immunotherapy is administered subcutaneously.
For the preparation and use of dilutions of mixed-allergen in aseptic conditions, the responsibility is borne by the allergist doctor.
An approximate scheme of specific immunotherapy for pollinosis
Breeding mixed allergen | PNU/ ml | Dose (ml) | Notes |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
1:100 000 | 0,1 | 0,1 0,2 0,4 0,8 | Specific immunotherapy begins no later than 1.5 months before the beginning of flowering. Injections are made subcutaneously in the region of the lower third of the shoulder.The first injection (when diluting the allergen 10-5,10-4, 10-3) are done daily or every other day, subsequent injections (dilutions of 10-2, 10-1) - with an interval of 7-10 days. The dose of the allergen is 0.9-1.0 ml in dilution 10-1 repeat with an interval of 5-7 days before the flowering of trees and grasses. The period of use of the allergen after its dilution is 1 month. After each injection of the allergen, the patient is observed in the office for 40-60 minutes. The doctor notes the skin reaction at the site of the allergen injection and the general condition of the patient. Contraindication to increase the dose is a local reaction in the form of an infiltrate larger than 25 mm, arising during the day at the injection site, the general reaction of the body, the aggravation of the underlying disease. In these cases, the dose is reduced, the intervals between injections are extended until good tolerability is established. A detailed description of the method of specific immunotherapy is presented in the methodical letter of the Ministry of Health of the USSR "Application of allergens of non-infectious origin ..." A.D. Ado, S.M. Titova, Yu.A. Poroshin. Moscow. 1969 |
1:10 000 | 1,0 | 0,1 0,2 0,4 0,8 |
1:1000 | 10,0 | 0,1 0,2 0,4 0,8 |
1:100 | 100,0 | 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0 |
1:10 | 1000,0 | 0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5 0,6 0,7 0,8 0,9 1,0 |